WikiSkills Handbook/Wikinomics Training practices

'''The Wikinomics project followed the WikiSkills project and implemented the concepts explored and the training scenarios defined in the earlier project. Several user cases are presented in this page.'''

Practical implementation of training practices based upon a generic learning scenario : Training Wiki Gardener
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The Wikinomics project aimed to use free-culture and wiki methodologies as the basis for an innovative pedagogical methodology, specifically focused on vocational education that prepares people for specific careers. The main objectives of WikiNomics were:
 * 1) Developing a framework of key-competences, transversal to all VET sectors, required for employability and for the environment of the rapidly changing labour market and work life. Key-competences include collaboration, ICT literacy, communication in mother tongue and foreign languages, learning to learn, social and civic awareness, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship.
 * 2) Setting free culture and wiki methodologies as the basis for an innovative pedagogical approach. It implemented learning scenarios in which students use free culture and wiki methodologies, in the context of collaborative common projects, to achieve learning outcomes.

One of the operational objectives of the Wikinomics project was to develop, implement and evaluate a training module for the pedagogical use of free-culture and wiki methodologies in VET contexts and to conduct a series of collaborative wiki-based learning scenarios in which VET trainers will conduct meaningful activities in order to achieve shared results and learning outcome.

This was done through the adaptation of the pedagogical approach developed through the Wikiskills project. This adaptation was mainly developed to be coherent with ECVET System. A training module was developed, with the selection and implementation of learning units that promote personal and group skills. Under the title Training Wiki Gardener a generic learning scenario has been developed which could be implemented in different contexts, in order to initiate participants in aspects of wiki culture.

Summary of the Training Wiki Gardener Scenario
This deliverable is the first version of the Wikinomics training module consisting of a generic training scenario and pedagogical material on developing collaborative skills in online environments. It consists of choosing and implementing learning units that promote personal and group skills : editing and collaborating online, engaging in public conversation, social tagging, sustainable community governance, and propose a methodology to evaluate their deployment and organise their (peer) assessment in a ECVET or VET context.

This document is part of the transfer strategy of the project that includes: building generic content, then allow for multiple localised sub-products matching partners needs and languages. In this sense, innovative and open results were deployed in partners custom training activities (Wikinomics training module and toolbox).

This content is part of the open heritage for the WikiAngels network, as well as, the Wikinomics Badges that will be further pursued with more experts (WikiAngels) and organisations (Wikinomics Badge Academy), and any other interested entity.

Keywords: Wikinomics; Collaboration; Learning how to learn; Skills; ECVET

An overview to five training practices implemented
>> Download the overview.

>> A 5th user case training practice may be found here : File:Wikinomics yorg-training-report.pdf

>> A guide of evaluation to the Wikinomics project training practices